RE: [sv-bc] size() array methods for packed, unpacked and associative arrays

Then you get into issues like a packed struct also creates a packed
array of the same name and then 'size' becomes a keyword.

 

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From: owner-sv-bc@server.eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-bc@server.eda.org] On
Behalf Of Brad Pierce
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:01 AM
To: sv-bc@server.eda.org; sv-ec@server.eda.org
Subject: Re: [sv-bc] size() array methods for packed, unpacked and
associative arrays

 

We could define A.size() in terms of $size(A) and be done with it for
all array kinds. 

 

>I would at least like to see size() uniformly applied to all unpacked
arrays and remove num() for associative arrays.

>Allowing a method call packed arrays would be an enhancement at a lower
priority.

 

-- Brad

 

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From: owner-sv-bc@server.eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-bc@server.eda.org] On
Behalf Of Brad Pierce
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 11:09 PM
To: sv-bc@server.eda.org; sv-ec@server.eda.org
Subject: [sv-bc] size() array methods for packed, unpacked and
associative arrays

 

5.6.2 and 5.14.2.1 seem to suggest that the size() method is only
defined for dynamic arrays and queues, and not for packed, unpacked or
associative arrays.

 

If so, why is that?  For dynamic arrays, the size() method is defined in
terms of the $size() system function, which can also be applied to
packed, unpacked or associative arrays.

 

-- Brad